This is the historic last Civil War Funeral of Confederate Lt Andrew Jackson Buttram. This is part I of a 2 part series. The ...

When Andrew Jackson arrived in New Orleans in winter ... The British commander suffered fatal wounds during the battle, and his body was shipped home in a barrel of rum. Jackson, on the other ...

Five years before his death, Jackson continued to inspire commentary. An 1840 article on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of the Battle of New Orleans opined, “What a wonderful man is Andrew Jackson ...

In retirement, Jackson would continue to inspire commentary; an 1840 article on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of the Battle of New Orleans opined, “What a wonderful man is Andrew Jackson!... the ...

To Marcy, the phrase meant that the winning side in an election has the right to choose people to fill non-elected political ...

Two hundred years ago, in the middle of America 's 32-month military conflict against Great Britain and its Indian allies, General Andrew ... at the Battle of Talladega caught Jackson's eye.

President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated -- but there are lessons in Old Hickory's resistance to ...

Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 Laura Kiniry Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the ...

Reaching further back, Biden recalled the battle more than a century ago to ... and another official Farewell Address: that of Andrew Jackson in 1837. The resemblances between the two addresses ...

Born: March 15, 1767, in Waxhaw, South Carolina... Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made American man, and his populist appeal lay in his message of inclusion against what he characterized ...